2009-2011 South Santiam Watershed Council and Coordinator Workplan
Element #1: Identifies and addresses the priority protection, restoration, and enhancement needs of the watershed. This element focuses on the watershed
action plans, strategic plans, and other efforts to identify protection, restoration, and enhancement needs.
Priority
High
Activity and Funding
Source
Moose Creek Steelhead
Enhancement Project
(OWEB Restoration and
Monitoring grants, USFS)
Description
Placement of large wood in Moose
Creek via helicopter, cable assisted tree
tipping, and direct felling into the
creek. Augment available spawning
gravels.
Deliverables
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McDowell Creek
Restoration Project
(OWEB Restoration
grant and USDA Farm
Service Agency incentive
program)
Install engineered log jams and habitat
logs and shape streambank. Control
invasives, plant riparian area with
native vegetation and install livestock
exclusionary fencing.
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Crabtree Creek Habitat
Restoration and
Enhancement Project
(OWEB/ODFW 150
Program)
Enhances in-stream habitat in ~3 miles
of Crabtree Creek with placement of
large wood structures and riparian
management.
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Secure OWEB funding
Manage OWEB
grant/USFS agreement
Contract management
Implement project
Conduct project
monitoring
Write monitoring and
final project reports
Secure OWEB funding
Manage OWEB grant
Select contractors to
implement project
Implement project
Hold outreach tours at
project site
Conduct project
monitoring
Write monitoring and
final project reports
Secure funding for
projects
Manage grant
Landowner outreach and
involvement with projects
Write state and federal
permits
Select contractors to
implement project
Manage contracts
Implement project
Conduct Project
Monitoring
Progress
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Large wood placed in 2008
Log structures manipulated in August,
2009 to enhance fisheries benefits
Monitoring conducted in 2008-2009
Effectiveness monitoring report
submitted to OWEB in January, 2010
Implemented two engineered log jams,
habitat logs, bank shaping in 2008
Additional log jam placed in 2009
Site of stakeholder tour, October 2009
Riparian plantings installed February,
2010
Fencing installed, March 2010
Final report to be submitted, May 2010
Implemented in-stream portion of
project in August, 2009. Five engineered
log jams placed at two sites
Weeds controlled at four sites, 2009
Riparian vegetation installed at two sites,
2009
Photo monitoring throughout winter
2009/2010
Additional monitoring for project
effectiveness to occur spring/summer
2010
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Crabtree Creek Japanese
Knotweed Control
Program (OWEB, ODA,
USFS, BLM)
This project involves public outreach
and education about the noxious weed,
working with over 100 landowners to
gain access to inventory stream banks
for knotweed, mapping and treating
inventoried patches, and installing
native vegetation once knotweed is
controlled.
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Santiam Basin Fish
Passage Project (National
Fish and Wildlife
Foundation)
Inventory and prioritize fish passage
barriers in the Santiam Basin.
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Ames Creek Fish Passage
Restoration Project
(OWEB and USFS)
Restore consistent fish passage into
Ames Creek. Regulation of the South
Santiam River has made backflooding
into the creek infrequent and
aggravated a natural barrier at the
mouth of the creek
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Write monitoring and
final project reports
Secure funding through
diverse grantors
Select contractors to
inventory and treat
knotweed
Conduct landowner
outreach and strategize
for each treatment season
Manage grants
Manage contracts
Implement
inventory/treatment
Partner with North
Santiam Watershed
Council and Oregon State
University to strategize
priority sub-watersheds,
acquire necessary field
and computer equipment,
plan summer work
Write reports
Use identified high
priority barriers to secure
partnerships and funding
for correction
Manage grants
Manage contractors
Secure permits necessary
to implement project
Communicate with
permitting agencies
Landowner outreach to
initiate a project that
maintains natural
aesthetics at site and
enhancing fish passage
Select contractors for
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Landowner outreach in summer 2009
Inventoried and treated over 45 acres in
2009
Treated 26 landowners in 2009
8.41 miles of Crabtree and Roaring River
treated
Secured funding for 2010-2011 treatment
season
Landowner outreach to begin in June,
2010 for next treatment season
Two seasons of culvert surveys complete
Inventoried and prioritized 85 barriers
High priority barriers identified in
Hamilton Creek sub-watershed
Owners contacted, fundraising to
commence to implement culvert
replacements in 2012
Funding secured to implement natural
fishway project
Oregon DSL permit secured
On-going landowner outreach
On-going discussions with federal
permitting agencies on Army Corps of
Engineers permit
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Medium
Canyon-Owl Steelhead
Habitat Improvement
Project (OWEB and
USFS)
Landowner Recruitment
for Restoration Program
(Regional Program with
funding from Oregon
DEQ, National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation,
OWEB, and MMT)
Brown Creek Restoration
Project (OWEB and
USDA Farm Service
Agency)
Partner with the USFS to conduct large
wood placement and possible other
habitat improvement projects in Owl
and Canyon Creeks. Project design
will be similar to the Moose Creek
Project, with logs placed via helicopter,
“tipped” with root wads attached, and
direct felling. The project will benefit
threatened winter steelhead
populations in approximately 2 miles
of Owl Creek and 1 mile of Canyon
Creek
Partner with regional watershed
councils to implement program
recruiting landowners for restoration
programs, specifically CREP. Where
CREP is not applicable, initiate
restoration with noxious weed control
and the installation of native
vegetation. Erika Lang is coordinating
program.
The project involves noxious weed
removal, livestock exclusion, fish
passage, and installing native vegetation
on Brown Creek, a tributary to
McDowell Creek.
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project implementation
Implement project
Monitor project
effectiveness
Hold tours of site
Write monitoring and
final reports
Conduct landowner
outreach to private
industrial timber owners
to include in project
Assist in development of
OWEB grant proposal in
October, 2010
Assist in securing
necessary permits for
summer 2011
implementation
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Landowner outreach underway, contacts
with CTC and Rosboro Lumber
established
Plan and assist with
coordination of program
with Erika Lang and
regional partners
Research and match
funding opportunities to
projects
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Restoration projects initiated at three
sites on Crabtree Creek
CREP projects initiated in Crabtree (1),
Hamilton (3), and McDowell Creeks (3)
Develop OWEB small
grant
Manage grant
Select contractors for
project implementation
Coordinate with USDA
Farm Service Agency on
project
Implement phases of
project
Write final report
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Funding secured to implement project
Invasives cleared in 2008
Riparian vegetation and fencing
established in winter 2009
Culvert replaced in July, 2009
Final report submitted and accepted to
OWEB, July 2009
Project maintenance underway in
spring/summer 2010
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Riverview Park Riparian
Enhancement Project
(OWEB)
The project on the South Santiam
River will remove invasive weeds and
install native vegetation in a recently
acquired City of Lebanon Park.
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Coordinate maintenance
of implemented project
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Develop OWEB grant
Work with partners with
the City of Lebanon and
Community Services
Consortium to develop
project
Implement project
Write final report
Coordinate maintenance
of implemented project
Develop OWEB grant
Work with landowners to
develop project
Implement project
Write final report
Coordinate maintenance
of implemented project
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Wesson-Dunnette
Riparian Restoration
Project (OWEB and The
Nature Conservancy)
The project involves noxious weed
removal (primarily Japanese knotweed)
and installing native vegetation along
Crabtree Creek. This project
complements an oak restoration
project in the upland portion of the
property.
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Funding secured to implement project
Invasives cleared 2009-2010 by City of
Lebanon and CSC Santiam Wilderness
Academy
Riparian planting in February, 2010
Final report submitted and accepted to
OWEB March, 2010
Project maintenance underway in
spring/summer 2010
Funding secured to implement project
Invasives cleared 2009-2010 by
landowner
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 Riparian planting in February, 2010
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 Final report submitted and accepted to
OWEB March, 2010
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 Project maintenance underway in
spring/summer 2010
Element #2: Monitors and evaluates watershed conditions and functions, and the efforts to improve watershed health. This element focuses on activities related
to water quality monitoring, watershed assessments, and project evaluation and includes such activities as water quality monitoring, culvert inventory, spawning surveys or
project evaluation activities.
Priority
Activity and Funding
Description
Deliverables
Progress
Source
High
McDowell and Hamilton Assessment of current riparian and
 Consultant (Demeter
 Landowner access secured throughout
Creek Subwatershed
aquatic conditions in the Hamilton and
Design) management
McDowell and Hamilton Creek
Assessment and Planning McDowell Creek subwatersheds.
subwatersheds
 Landowner outreach via
(Model Watershed
Assessment involves physical surveys
phone/mailings to secure
 Demeter Design completed surveys and
Program)
in addition to aerial photo
access for surveys
developed report November 2009-April
interpretation. Using assessments,
2010
 Aerial interpretation
restoration and enhancement
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Developed GIS database of restoration
 GIS database
opportunities are identified.
opportunities
development and
mapping
 Prioritized restoration activities and
locations
 Identification of priority
project opportunities
 Submitted annual workplan and ten year
action plan to Meyer Memorial Trust
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McDowell and Hamilton
Creek Subwatershed
Monitoring (MMT)
Monitor temperature and physical
habitat conditions in McDowell and
Hamilton Creek subwatersheds (and
control subwatershed) utilizing
protocol developed by consultant.
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Santiam Basin Fish
Passage Project
Monitoring implemented
projects (various)
Final monitoring protocol
developed by contracted
through model watershed
program.
Purchase of necessary
equipment to implement
program in 2010
Hire regional monitoring
coordinator
Coordinate with
consultant on site
selection and access
Conduct watershed
monitoring in June-Oct.
Utilize geodatabase and
ArcGIS to store and
analyze data
Report findings, as
applicable
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Final monitoring protocol developed,
reviewed, and adopted. March, 2010
Temperature dataloggers acquired, with
necessary software/hardware
Monitoring Coordinator hired May 2010
with expected start date on June 14th.
See project description in Element #1
Take photos at
 Submitted OWEB #206-320 Crabtree
established locations of
Creek Japanese Knotweed Control
existing projects.
monitoring report and photopoints.
January 2010
 Conduct other
monitoring activities
 OWEB #207-082 Wiley Creek Fish
associated with individual
Passage monitoring report and
grants/projects
photopoints to be completed Summer
2010
 Write and submit reports
Element #3: Encourages and tracks public participation in watershed projects and activities. This element focuses on actions that encourage or track public
participation in watershed projects and activities. Accomplishments and proposed actions might include a concentrated effort to contact a certain number of landowners,
presentations at service group meetings and other public relations events.
Priority
Activity and Funding
Description
Deliverables
Progress
Source
High
McDowell and Hamilton Conduct outreach to McDowell and
 Secure access to conduct
 Landowner access secured throughout
Creek Landowner
Hamilton Creek landowners to secure
stream assessments
McDowell and Hamilton Creek
Outreach, Meetings, and
site access, site visits, and invite to
subwatersheds
 Hold two landowner
Tour (MMT)
landowner meetings
meetings
 Landowner Meetings held in McDowell
and Hamilton Creek subwatersheds in
 Conduct one landowner
Medium
Separate from Moose Creek, involves
photopoints and less labor intensive
efforts to document progress at
watershed restoration sites
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Crabtree Creek Japanese
Knotweed Control
Program
Medium
Watershed Tours
Conduct outreach to Crabtree
subwatershed riparian landowners to
recruit into program. See project
description in Element #1
Tour restoration sites with general
public and watershed stakeholders
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restoration tour of
relevant project sites
Current landowner
database with knotweed
metrics linked to maps
Two watershed tours
during 2009-2011
biennium
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February, 2010
Restoration tour set for June, 2010
Database and maps current for
landowners as of May, 2010. Will be
updated as needed
Stakeholder tour conducted in
September, 2009
 General public tour tentatively scheduled
for Fall, 2010
Element #4: Promotes and evaluates public learning about watershed science and key resource issues. This would include any activity specifically developed to
promote or evaluate youth, public, and stakeholder education about watershed conditions, functions, and other key watershed resource issues. This element differs from
#3 in that it is concerned with the council’s efforts to conduct or support education and learning of watershed science and issues, not public participation.
Priority
Activity and Funding
Description
Deliverables
Progress
Source
High
STEWARDS Watershed
Youth watershed education program
 Assist USFS in operating
 Funding secured to operate program at
Education Program
targeting Sweet Home students with
STEWARDS program
least through June, 2011
(OWEB, USFS, OR
the development of a high school
 Assist in composing,
 Outdoor School to be held June, 2010
Community Foundation,
watershed council, in-school and field
editing, and submitting
and in spring, 2011
Sweet Home Community activities for younger students, and
grants to support
Foundation)
outdoor school. Program coordinated
STEWARDS program
by Krista Lopez, USFS.
 Recruit members and
staff to volunteer in
spring outdoor school
Medium
Watershed Tours and
See project description in element #3
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N/A
Community Meetings
Low
Participate in Lebanon
Teach aquatic macro-invertibrate
 Lead sessions
 Outdoor School to be held May, 2010
Outdoor School
session at Pioneer Outdoor School
Element #5: Builds partnerships, organizational capacity, and council effectiveness. This element focuses on activities that are specifically designed to improve the
effectiveness of the organization and includes such things as strategic planning, self evaluations, internal workshops or trainings, or working to become a non-profit
organization.
Priority
Activity and Funding
Description
Deliverables
Progress
Source
High
South Santiam WSC
Perform tasks necessary to maintain
 Maintain presence in
 Maintained office with physical and
Operations
SSWC operations
office with associated
electronic files
tasks
 Continued communications with
 Electronic and physical
members and public
communications with
 Coordinated monthly meetings
Council members and
 Biannual newsletter published in Winter,
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Partnership Building
Build and maintain effective
partnerships that further the mission of
the SSWC
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Council Outreach
Meeting planning and
coordination
Build and maintain
existing partnerships with
local groups and agencies
Seek new opportunities
for partnerships where
goals and missions align
2010. Next issue expected in Summer
2010
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Model Watershed
Program (Meyer
Memorial Trust and
Bonneville
Environmental
Foundation)
Participate in Willamette Model
Watershed Program with regional
partners (directly with Calapooia and
North Santiam Watershed Councils).
Selected sub-watersheds in the South
Santiam are McDowell and Hamilton
Creeks
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Participate in meetings
with Meyer Memorial
Trust/Bonneville
Environmental
Foundation staff
Coordinate with regional
watershed partners
(North Santiam and
Calapooia) on
developing program
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Continued and built partnership with
Community Services Consortium and
secured shared Americorps member
Continued and built partnership with
USFS through ongoing education and
restoration programs
Participated in monthly meetings on
Cheadle Lake (Lebanon) Core Planning
Team
Building partnership with Linn SWCD to
implement a project in model watershed
Continue partnerships with Linn County,
ODFW, USACE, DEQ, BLM, and other
state and federal agency partners
Monthly meetings with regional staff and
program funders to plan and implement
program in respective watersheds
Participated in outreach to landowners,
developing GIS database and maintaining
files
Participated in hiring of regional outreach
and project manager (Sarah Dyrdahl)
Participated in landowner meetings and
attended site visits
Conducted GIS analysis of priority areas
for restoration in model sub-watersheds
and submitted work to MMT.
Hire Monitoring Coordinator, June 2010
Secured funding for May 2010-April 2011